The Great Famine 1844-1852, that hit it's climax in 1846-47, was but one of the many famines of the time, like the potato failures in 1790-1800, 1816, 1822 and 1836. Besides the many mini-famines, fev...

I found a new Tool. It is like a Pinterest for 'Whole WEB Pages'. You make lists of links that are important to you. I created a list of the WEB sites I use most often in my Irish Genealogy Research. See: http://urli.st/39m-Irish-Genealogy. You can join & share you lists at http://urli.st/﻿

They've just added a search, it seems. I've added all my genealogy bookmarks, and I'll continue to play. I don't get how I have 5 followers already, and how the lists in my network are completely random!﻿

A 132 years of wandering comes to an end today. Heading off for a Sunday dinner with two 3rd and two 4th (McQuaid/Barrett) cousins in Tummery, Dromore, Tyrone, East Omagh, Ireland. Will also be stopping off in Blairgowrie, Scotland ancestral home of my Grandmother Agnes Lynch (Flynn)﻿

What economic statistic would you use to compare your ancestor in 1940 to yourself today? If they rented it could be (annual housing cost) / (annual income)= % cost of income. Or if they owned (annual income) / (house value)= % income of value . Inflation has done a number on us. One of my Grandfathers that rented has a rent that's 13.1% of his income. Mine is 22%. The other Grand father, that owned had an income that was 64% of his house value. Mine is 30%. Not everything improves with age.﻿